All Things CAF and Covid/ Covid Vaccine [merged]

[Jarnhamar]

Bud, you have some of the best access to taxpayer funded healthcare in Canada. Your employer literally provides you a dentist, plus prescription medication and psychological services. Have you even existed in Canadian society as a functioning adult outside of the military? You seem ludicrously unaware of how very good you’ve got it because* the taxpayer provides you with very good coverage.

I think most members of the CAF are unaware of how terrible of an experience health care outside of the military can be.

 

[mariomike]

I think most members of the CAF are unaware of how terrible of an experience health care outside of the military can be.

Depends what coverage your employer provides ( including post-retirement ), in addition to basic OHIP.

When I read posts about releasing, I remember the massive "getting back in" super-threads.

Fortunately, the CAF takes people back. Not all employers do.

 

[Remius]

Depends what coverage your employer provides ( including post-retirement ), in addition to basic OHIP.

When I read posts about releasing, I remember the massive "getting back in" super-threads.

Fortunately, the CAF takes people back. Not all employers do.

I get great coverage in the PS. But I still have to pay for parts of it out of pocket, And find a doctor and find a dentist or specialist.

Not complaining. Because it’s way better than the average Canadian. But the CAF is another level up.

 

[Bluebulldog]

I get great coverage in the PS. But I still have to pay for parts of it out of pocket, And find a doctor and find a dentist or specialist.

Same this end.

But let's be honest...I also have to leave the site to get my dental work done, as opposed to members who can just pop in during their work day...

Not complaining either....definitely have it better than most Canadians.

 

[Haggis]

I get great coverage in the PS. But I still have to pay for parts of it out of pocket, And find a doctor and find a dentist or specialist.

Not complaining. Because it’s way better than the average Canadian. But the CAF is another level up.

The PSHCP is good, not great. If you're in a physically demanding job you will run out of chiropractor and massage benefits in less than three months.

I joined the PS and went Class A in 2013. I had to find my own doctor. That took 18 months and I got a really good one who understood service related injuries (former US Army B Surg). That one retired in 2020 and I have been without ever since. The only doctors taking new patients in my area are a 90 minute drive away.

 

[materialpigeonfibre]

Good day,
This will be my last post here with possibly the exception of the Communications and Electronics if I re-establish myself. I always loved military communications, I have the the digital battle box nearly memorized and I do those types of communications on my own time.

I have my marching orders.

Despite any waspishness, I very much appreciate all of you and all of your posts. It has been excellent to be here and share my knowledge. Of course it has been also excellent to be able to search for older knowledge that has been saved in this repository. Thank you all so very much for your time and effort.

I don't know where life is going to take me next. I thought when it was time to cross the bridge I would burn it to light my path forward. Fortunately, thanks to the amazing people I have worked with, nothing has caught fire.

Someday our country will have freedom again.

With my most sincerest love, I wish you all the very best.

 

[mariomike]

I get great coverage in the PS.

Depends on the employer.

I'm on Health Care Spending Account ( HCSA ) until age 75. I'll start worrying about it then, if I'm still around.

 

[Remius]

The PSHCP is good, not great. If you're in a physically demanding job you will run out of chiropractor and massage benefits in less than three months.

I joined the PS and went Class A in 2013. I had to find my own doctor. That took 18 months and I got a really good one who understood service related injuries (former US Army B Surg). That one retired in 2020 and I have been without ever since. The only doctors taking new patients in my area are a 90 minute drive away.

I had the same issue when I went Class A in 2011. Took me about the same time to find a doctor. And that was because an ex girlfriend from HS is a nurse in a clinic put a good word in for me and got me in.

 

[Bluebulldog]

Good day,
This will be my last post here with possibly the exception of the Communications and Electronics if I re-establish myself. I always loved military communications, I have the the digital battle box nearly memorized and I do those types of communications on my own time.

I have my marching orders.

Despite any waspishness, I very much appreciate all of you and all of your posts. It has been excellent to be here and share my knowledge. Of course it has been also excellent to be able to search for older knowledge that has been saved in this repository. Thank you all so very much for your time and effort.

I don't know where life is going to take me next. I thought when it was time to cross the bridge I would burn it to light my path forward. Fortunately, thanks to the amazing people I have worked with, nothing has caught fire.

Someday our country will have freedom again.

With my most sincerest love, I wish you all the very best.

Best of luck. Sincerely.

 

[brihard]

Good day,
This will be my last post here with possibly the exception of the Communications and Electronics if I re-establish myself. I always loved military communications, I have the the digital battle box nearly memorized and I do those types of communications on my own time.

I have my marching orders.

Despite any waspishness, I very much appreciate all of you and all of your posts. It has been excellent to be here and share my knowledge. Of course it has been also excellent to be able to search for older knowledge that has been saved in this repository. Thank you all so very much for your time and effort.

I don't know where life is going to take me next. I thought when it was time to cross the bridge I would burn it to light my path forward. Fortunately, thanks to the amazing people I have worked with, nothing has caught fire.

Someday our country will have freedom again.

With my most sincerest love, I wish you all the very best.

Best of luck, and I mean that genuinely. Hopefully some combination of circumstances allows you to serve your country again in future.

 

[kev994]

The kicker is that those meds and stuff like crutches are free.

My friends and family cannot believe that I don't pay a cent for medical, dental, pharma, and vision.

I know! They give me free Lactaid just so that I can eat ice cream! It’s crazy! That crap’s not terribly expensive but not exactly cheap.

 

[dimsum]

When I read posts about releasing, I remember the massive "getting back in" super-threads.

Yep.

Strangely, not many of those on CAF Reddit. Maybe a bit hard to sheepishly say "well...I'm back" after anonymously bashing the CAF and talking about getting out.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Good day,
This will be my last post here with possibly the exception of the Communications and Electronics if I re-establish myself. I always loved military communications, I have the the digital battle box nearly memorized and I do those types of communications on my own time.

I have my marching orders.

Despite any waspishness, I very much appreciate all of you and all of your posts. It has been excellent to be here and share my knowledge. Of course it has been also excellent to be able to search for older knowledge that has been saved in this repository. Thank you all so very much for your time and effort.

I don't know where life is going to take me next. I thought when it was time to cross the bridge I would burn it to light my path forward. Fortunately, thanks to the amazing people I have worked with, nothing has caught fire.

Someday our country will have freedom again.

With my most sincerest love, I wish you all the very best.

Are you being released from the CAF because you refuse to get vaccinated?

 

[Eye In The Sky]

Depends what coverage your employer provides ( including post-retirement ), in addition to basic OHIP.

When I read posts about releasing, I remember the massive "getting back in" super-threads.

Fortunately, the CAF takes people back. Not all employers do.

Just to note; those who are facing release for failure to comply with vaccination requirements will likely find it hard to return to the CAF in the future.

 

[Quirky]

Yep.

Strangely, not many of those on CAF Reddit. Maybe a bit hard to sheepishly say "well...I'm back" after anonymously bashing the CAF and talking about getting out.

Things are way worse now than 15+ years ago. There is zero reason to get back in, the CAF is essentially falling apart at the seams. Just look at that article of our manning shortfalls. No one is clawing to get back in and boast about it.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Things are way worse now than 15+ years ago. There is zero reason to get back in, the CAF is essentially falling apart at the seams. Just look at that article of our manning shortfalls. No one is clawing to get back in and boast about it.

Completely disagree.

You can make $70K+ a year in the CAF working 25 hour work weeks with instant access to health care and benefits.

 

[brihard]

Completely disagree.

You can make $70K+ a year in the CAF working 25 hour work weeks with instant access to health care and benefits.

Pick the right trade and life can be pretty sweet. Then, once you‘be been an NCO for a while, get them to pay you your salary to be a student for four years, and commission for that sweet officer’s pay and pension. There are worse fates.

Obviously some trade and base combinations can be the exact opposite, and suck a lot.

 

[Eaglelord17]

Your subordinates, if they let you have any, must truly hate going to work when you’re there.

Why? It sounds like he respects them enough to allow them to make their own decisions.

 

[Quirky]

Completely disagree.

You can make $70K+ a year in the CAF working 25 hour work weeks with instant access to health care and benefits.

The 10k+ empty positions say otherwise.

 

[mariomike]

My sister has never said a bad word to me about the CAF. Maybe she privately talked smack about it with her friends, I don't know.
But, not in front of our family.

I respect her for that, and hold the rather old-fashioned opinon if you are cashing a pay cheque, speak well of your organization.